di Costanza Ciscato

Abstract: the aim of this article is to reconstruct, among the many forms that natural law has taken in the course of history, those that emerge in the conceptions of H. Kelsen, R. Pound and H. Hart, authors who, while professing to be opponents of the doctrine of natural law, show themselves to be permeated by concepts and prerogatives that can be traced back to it. The positions expressed by these well-known exponents of 20th-century legal-political thought show, explicitly or implicitly, if not the impossibility, at least the criticality or limitation of an exclusively positive foundation of law.

Keywords: Natural Law – Twentieth Century – H. Kelsen – R. Pound – H. Hart

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di Sara Lagi e Nicoletta Stradaioli

Abstract: the essay addresses the Italian philosopher Aldo Capitini’s nonviolent theory by focusing on three specific elements underpinning his philosophical and political reflection: his anti-dogmatic concept of religion, his «biophilic» attitude and his political project of a new form of democracy, called omnicracy. More precisely, by discussing some of the major intellectual points of reference for Capitini, such as San Francesco, Gandhi and Piero Martinetti, the essay will argue and show how these three elements interplay with each other and how all of them imply Capitini’s belief in the transformative power of nonviolence.

Keywords: nonviolence – religion – biophily – omnicracy – pacifism

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